Automotive air bags inflate when sodium azide, NaN3, rapidly decomposes to its component

Chapter 3, Problem 3.63

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Automotive air bags inflate when sodium azide, NaN3, rapidly decomposes to its component elements: 2 NaN3(s) ----> 2 Na(s) + 3 Nz(g) (a) How many moles of N2 are produced by the decomposition of 1.50 mol of NaN3? (b) How many grams of NaN3 are required to form 10.0 g of nitrogen gas? (c) How many grams of NaN3 are required to produce 10.0 tt3 of nitrogen gas, about the size of an automotive air bag, if the gas has a density of 1.25 g/L?

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